801st Tank Destroyer Battalion

Unit History: Originally the 101st New York National Guard Antitank Battalion, which was federalized on 6 January, 1941, and redesignated as the 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion on 15 December. Arrived in England as a towed battalion, 11 March, 1944. Landed at Utah Beach on 13 June and participated in capture of Cherbourg. Fought at Mortain in early August, reaching outskirts of Paris on 25 August. Entered Belgium on 8 September and Germany on 12 September. Supported operations in the Hürtgen Forest beginning late November. On the line in Ardennes when German offensive struck on 16 December. Moved to Aachen, Germany, in February 1945. Crossed Roer River on 25 February and reached the Rhine River south of Düsseldorf. Crossed Rhine near Wessel on 29 March, supported drive to the Ruhr and then turned east to the Elbe River. Transferred south and supported operations in Harz Mountains in late April. Converted to M18's in late April. Crossed Danube and reached Inn River, outside Hitler’s birthplace, Brunnau, Austria, by VE Day. Attached to: 2d, 13th Armored divisions; 2d, 4th, 9th, 83d, 99th Infantry divisions. History text from the book The Tank Killers by Harry Yeide. Used by permission.

8.) Journal of HQ Company Clerk - In addition to the many official documents that Cpl. Jack E. Huff would have been responsible for, he also kept a private journal, which not only included his pay records but also names and dates of places the unit was stationed and a comprehensive list (Roster) of the men he served with in HQ Company. There is even a list of some addresses for a few of the men that he wrote to after the war.